200 trans rights advocates lobby Congress

http://www.nyblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17733
4/16/2008

"Nearly 200 transgender rights activists and their supporters descended on Washington from 29 states this week to urge Congress to support legislation aimed at ending discrimination and violence."

200 trans rights advocates lobby Congress
Visitors from 29 states ask lawmakers to oppose gay-only ENDA
By LOU CHIBBARO JR., Washington Blade | Apr 16, 2:12 PM

http://www.washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17733

Nearly 200 transgender rights activists and their supporters descended on Washington from 29 states this week to urge Congress to support legislation aimed at ending discrimination and violence.

Participants in a March 14 lobby day organized by the Washington-based National Center for Transgender Equality said they hoped to put aside the sharp disagreements that surfaced last year over a decision by House Democratic leaders to remove transgender protections from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.